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Manu Ginobli...

This guy is a man amongst men. I'm not going to knock the Pacers for passing on him in the 1999 draft (damn near everyone passed on him twice as he was the next to last pick in the draft), but damn, just damn. How many NBA scouts missed this guy, I mean seriously. IMO he is more important to the Spurs than Duncan is. The Pacers need to hire the guys who do SA's international scouting. Manu, Parker, hopefully Mahinmi...

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Re: Manu Ginobli...

International scouting wasn't as big back then, and people didn't give as much credence to the skills of foreign players, which played a major part in him falling through the cracks which would not happen today. Today he most likely would have been a top 15 pick at worst.

Re: Manu Ginobli...

International scouting wasn't as big back then, and people didn't give as much credence to the skills of foreign players, which played a major part in him falling through the cracks which would not happen today. Today he most likely would have been a top 15 pick at worst.

To be fair, Manu situation was similar to Dragic', he was a bit of a late bloomer, he wasn't extremely highly regarded even in Europe until after the draft. A nice big wing with good athleticism, not a reliable shooter, with a good long Euro career, but if someone said this would be a future top 30 player in the world at some point, people would've laughed.

To be fair, Manu situation was similar to Dragic', he was a bit of a late bloomer, he wasn't extremely highly regarded even in Europe until after the draft. A nice big wing with good athleticism, not a reliable shooter, with a good long Euro career, but if someone said this would be a future top 30 player in the world at some point, people would've laughed.

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Re: Manu Ginobli...

Manu is a great player. International scouting should be a higher priority IMO because the foreign players can drop as steals into the second round. Some players I'd like include Alex Abrines, Marcelo Huertas and Jorge Sanz. Both Sanz and Abrines would be project players but we could leave them in Europe for 5-6 years and they could get awesome.

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Re: Manu Ginobli...

He's why I'm going to end up most likely rooting for Argentina in the Olympics.

It's awful. But I can't help it. I love Manu.

Been thinking about the same. He's got to be my all-time favorite player to never put on the blue-and-gold.

Why do the things that we treasure most, slip away in time
Till to the music we grow deaf, to God's beauty blind
Why do the things that connect us slowly pull us apart?
Till we fall away in our own darkness, a stranger to our own hearts
And life itself, rushing over me
Life itself, the wind in black elms,
Life itself in your heart and in your eyes, I can't make it without you